Pressing-board.



' J. A. BIERNAT.

PRBSSING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 19,1914.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

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JOSEPH A. IBIERNAT, OF BUFFALO, NEW YORK.

PRESSING-BOARD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914.

Application filed June 19, 1914. Serial No. 846,115.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, Josnrn A. BIERNA'I,

a citizen of the United States, and residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Pressing- .Boards, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in pressing boards.

The primary object of this invention is in the provision of a cast steel bracket for ironing boards of that class known as press boards and which are especially adapted for use in tailors use and in pressing cloth and clothing.

Afurther object is to provide a one-piece bracket adapted to be secured between similar boards preferably arranged in parallelism, such boards being serviceable for ironing articles thereon.

A still further object is to provide a bracket positionable between two pressing boards for firmly mounting the same but at the same time occupying the least possible space between the said boards.

With these general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings. and pointed out in the appended claim.

In the drawings forming a part of this application and wherein like designating numerals refer to corresponding parts throughout the several views: Figure 1 is a side elevation of the device. Fig. 2 is a top plan view thereof with the top board removed from the bracket. Fig. 3 is an end view of the device. Fig. 1 is a transverse sectional view thereof taken on line IV-IV of Fig. 1, and, Fig. 5 is a similar sectional view on line V-V of Fig. 1.

Referring more in detail to the drawings, the two pressing boards 10 are disclosed as being of identical size and shape and positioned in parallel relation by means of the improved bracket 11. An integral connecting web 15 connects the plates 12 being positioned centrally and longitudinally thereof and having its opposite sides cut-away and faced with curved edge plates 16 forming reinforcing edge flanges thereon and covering the edges of the web and preventing any injury to the articles being pressed by reason of engagement therewith. The arms and adjacent portions of the plates 12 are connected together by a similar web 17 which is substantially X-shaped as best illustrated in Fig. l, said web 17 being provided with oppositely-arranged V-shaped strengthening ribs 18 which meet and are integral with the central longitudinal Web 15. The end arms 13 are each provided on their inner side with arched reinforcing brackets 19 which are substantially T-shaped in crosssection and are adapted to rigidly brace the said arms. The boards 10 are secured to the bracket by means of hold-fast devices such as screws 20 positioned through perforations 21 adjacent the terminals of each of the arms 13 and 14 and also through the perforations 22 at the broader ends of the plates 12. By this construction it will be seen that the bracket member firmly mounts the boards 10 so that the outer surface of either board may be employed to receive the articles to be pressed while the connecting portion of the bracket is contracted so as to afford the least possible obstruction to the articles which are being operated upon, the bracket also being provided with protecting flanges for eliminating some of the sharpened edges of the bracket.

\Vhile the form of the invention herein shown and described is believed to be the preferable embodiment thereof, it is nevertheless to be understood that various forms, modifications and arrangement of the parts may be had without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed.

lV hat I claim as new is A bracket for press boards, comprising tapered parallel plates, a longitudinal central web between said plates having substantially curved cut-away forward and rear portions, edging flanges upon said cutaway portions of said Web integral with and terminating With said plates, laterallysaid relatively shorter arms and integral 1L projecting relatively long and short arms with the adjacent ones of said plates. oppositelypositioned in parallelism upon In testimony whereof I afliX my signature said plates, an X-shaped Web between the in presence of two Witnesses.

5 longer pairs of said arms and being integral L JOSEPH A. BIERNAT. Witn said arms, plates and longltudinal Web,

oppositely-extencling V-shaped reinforcing lVitnesses:

ribs upon said X-shaped Web, and arch- PIOTR SURWKA,

shaped reinforces upon the inner faces of ALBERT BIERNAT.

(legion of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. G." 

